1975 Montreal Expos season

The 1975 Montreal Expos season was the seventh season in the history of the franchise. The Expos finished in last place in the National League East with a record of 75–87, 17½ games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.

1975 Montreal Expos
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkJarry Park
CityMontreal
Record75–87 (.463)
Divisional placetied 5th
OwnersCharles Bronfman
General managersJim Fanning
ManagersGene Mauch
TelevisionCBC Television
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider)
Télévision de Radio-Canada
(Jean-Pierre Roy, Guy Ferron)
RadioCFCF (English)
(Dave Van Horne, Russ Taylor, Duke Snider, Tom Cheek, Ron Reusch)
CKAC (French)
(Claude Raymond, Jacques Doucet)
← 1974 Seasons 1976 →

Offseason

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Spring training

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The Expos held spring training at City Island Ball Park in Daytona Beach, Florida, their third season there.

Regular season

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Season standings

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NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 92 69 .571 52‍–‍28 40‍–‍41
Philadelphia Phillies 86 76 .531 51‍–‍30 35‍–‍46
New York Mets 82 80 .506 10½ 42‍–‍39 40‍–‍41
St. Louis Cardinals 82 80 .506 10½ 45‍–‍36 37‍–‍44
Chicago Cubs 75 87 .463 17½ 42‍–‍39 33‍–‍48
Montreal Expos 75 87 .463 17½ 39‍–‍42 36‍–‍45

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta 5–7 3–15 12–6 8–10 8–4 4–8 5–7 4–8 7–11 8–9 3–9
Chicago 7–5 1–11 7–5 5–7 9–9 7–11 12–6 6–12 5–7 5–7 11–7
Cincinnati 15–3 11–1 13–5 8–10 8–4 8–4 7–5 6–6 11–7 13–5 8–4
Houston 6–12 5–7 5–13 6–12 8–4 4–8 6–6 6–5 9–9 5–13 4–8–1
Los Angeles 10–8 7–5 10–8 12–6 5–7 6–6 7–5 5–7 11–7 10–8 5–7
Montreal 4–8 9–9 4–8 4–8 7–5 10–8 7–11 7–11 7–5 5–7 11–7
New York 8–4 11–7 4–8 8–4 6–6 8–10 7–11 5–13 8–4 8–4 9–9
Philadelphia 7-5 6–12 5–7 6–6 5–7 11–7 11–7 11–7 7–5 7–5 10–8
Pittsburgh 8–4 12–6 6–6 5–6 7–5 11–7 13–5 7–11 8–4 5–7 10–8
San Diego 11–7 7–5 7–11 9–9 7–11 5–7 4–8 5–7 4–8 8–10 4–8
San Francisco 9–8 7–5 5–13 13–5 8–10 7–5 4–8 5–7 7–5 10–8 5–7
St. Louis 9–3 7–11 4–8 8–4–1 7–5 7–11 9–9 8–10 8–10 8–4 7–5


Opening Day lineup

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Notable transactions

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Roster

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1975 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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= Indicates team leader among qualifying players

Batting

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Starters by position

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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
C Barry Foote 118 387 25 75 .194 7 30 0
1B Mike Jorgensen 144 445 58 116 .261 18 67 3
2B Pete Mackanin 130 448 59 101 .225 12 44 11
3B Larry Parrish 145 532 50 146 .274 10 65 4
SS Tim Foli 152 572 64 136 .238 1 29 13
LF Bob Bailey 106 227 23 62 .273 5 30 4
CF Pepe Mangual 140 514 84 126 .245 9 45 33
RF Gary Carter 144 503 58 136 .270 17 68 5

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Other batters

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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
Larry Biittner 121 346 34 109 .315 3 28 2
Jim Dwyer 60 175 22 50 .286 3 20 4
José Morales 93 163 18 49 .301 2 24 0
Tony Scott 92 143 19 26 .182 0 11 5
Larry Lintz 46 132 18 26 .197 0 3 17
Pat Scanlon 60 109 5 20 .183 2 15 0
Jerry White 39 97 14 29 .299 2 7 5
Nate Colbert 38 81 10 14 .173 4 11 0
Pepe Frías 51 64 4 8 .125 0 4 0
Jim Lyttle 44 55 7 15 .273 0 6 0
Hal Breeden 24 37 4 5 .135 0 1 0
Rich Coggins 13 37 1 10 .270 0 4 0
Ellis Valentine 12 33 2 12 .364 1 3 0
Jim Cox 11 27 1 7 .259 1 5 1
Bombo Rivera 5 9 1 1 .111 0 0 0
Larry Johnson 1 3 0 1 .333 0 1 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Steve Rogers 35 251.2 11 12 3.29 137
Steve Renko 31 170.1 6 12 4.07 99
Dennis Blair 30 163.1 8 15 3.80 82
Don Carrithers 19 101.0 5 3 3.30 37
Dave McNally 12 77.1 3 6 5.24 36
Don Stanhouse 4 13.0 0 0 8.31 5
Chip Lang 1 1.2 0 0 10.80 2

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dan Warthen 40 167.2 8 6 3.11 128
Woodie Fryman 38 157.0 9 12 3.32 118
Fred Scherman 34 76.1 4 3 3.54 43

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Dale Murray 63 15 8 9 3.96 43
Don DeMola 60 4 7 1 4.15 63
Chuck Taylor 54 2 2 6 3.53 29
John Montague 12 0 1 2 5.60 9

Award winners

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1975 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

  • Gary Carter, catcher, reserve

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Memphis Blues International League Karl Kuehl
AA Québec Carnavals Eastern League Lance Nichols
A West Palm Beach Expos Florida State League Gordon Mackenzie
Rookie Lethbridge Expos Pioneer League Van Kelly

Notes

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  1. ^ Woodie Fryman page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Mike Torrez page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Don Stanhouse page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Tim Ireland page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Mike Boddicker page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Andre Dawson page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Nate Colbert page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ "1975 Montreal Expos Statistics".

References

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